Letters

To the editor:
As a Kentucky Retirement Systems stakeholder, I am gratified by Gov. Matt Bevin’s recognition of the existential threat to the Kentucky Employees and State Police pension plans. His General Fund budget proposal for the upcoming two fiscal years allocates revenue above the full employer contribution to begin addressing this threat.

To the editor:
If any of your readers know the whereabouts of an old Bell Family Bible with family data going back to 1800 or so, please let me know. I am trying to connect father to son as follows:
John Bell was born 1779; died 1856 in Harrison County, Ky.; (married Frances Minton 1804), Orange County, Va.). He came to Harrison County about 1825-1830 from Fleming County, Ky. His son, John B. Bell, was born 1805 in Fleming County, Ky., and died 1901 in Harrison County, Ky., (married Sarah Pock in 1830, Harrison County, Ky.).

To the editor:
The Kentucky Republican presidential caucus will be held on Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The one Harrison County location will be the Westside Elementary School gym.
Any Republican who will be unable to vote in person may vote by absentee. The easiest way to apply for an absentee ballot is to go to the website at rpk.org/caucus, hit the “how” button on the first page, then hit the “absentee application” button on the second page to download and print.

To the editor:
The state of the union is about to come on all channels and I cannot stand to watch it. I decided to do something positive by replying to the editorial by Lee Kendall on Jan. 7, 2016.
Mr. Kendall wrote a much above average editorial and made many good points. It is evident he is well researched and is well written. We need more well written, and enjoyable articles in all newspapers. The Herald-Leader is now about the size of The Democrat because of their infantile editorials.

To the editor:
The V.F.W. Auxiliary would like to acknowledge and say “thank you” to each and every person or business that helped us in any way to give the children of Nicholas County a great Christmas. You also helped to bring a small token of love to each of our many residents in the Johnson Mathers Nursing Home and last but not least we were able to help families with food baskets this year. When good people work together for a good cause, wonderful things can be accomplished.

To the editor:
All applications must be received by the Republican Party of Kentucky (RPK) no later than Friday, Feb. 19, in order to receive a ballot by mail. All ballots must be received by the RPK by Friday, March 4.
As in primary elections, a voter will become ineligible to vote in person at any caucus location once an absentee ballot has been mailed to the voter.
All 11 of the active GOP Presidential candidates will be on the ballot. We hope to have a large Republican turnout.

To the editor:
We are preparing for a rare event in Harrison County. On March 5, 2016, we will be holding a Republican caucus. The caucus will provide a different approach to the presidential nominating process. Not only is the caucus a special event, but the fact that the Caucus will take place in March will allow the voters of Kentucky to send a message and have a say in the presidential race.

To the editor:
The answer to questions raised in editor Becky Barnes’ column last week are as follows:
No responsibility and no consequences.
I was a social worker for one year, a probation and parole officer for four years and a cop for 21 years.
When I was in grade school, if you did not pass you repeated the grade. Some in that group were lazy, others were inept. The lazy were motivated, the inept were sent to special classes. It worked.
Responsibility and consequences.

To the editor:
The Kentucky Republican presidential caucus will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The one location for Harrison County will be the Westside Elementary School gymnasium.
All individuals who are registered Republicans as of Dec. 31, 2015, will be eligible to vote in the caucus. If you are currently a registered Democrat or Independent and want to participate in the Republican presidential caucus, you must go to the county clerk’s office by Dec. 31 and fill out a voter card designating your party change.

To the editor:
At Cynthiana Baptist Church last Sunday, we were given the opportunity to express our thankfulness and blessing that we received this past year. God has blessed me (us) so much that this needed to be said to the community.
In 2014 I felt the need to come back to Cynthiana to work at the Harrison County Senior Center and Adult Day Health Care; these are two programs that I am very passionate about that serve all of Harrison and surrounding counties and offers transportation to the center.